William Engasser, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery · Edina, MNNPI 1366856445
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
The money is spread across several categories — consulting fees (34.6%), grants and food and beverage — rather than concentrated in one kind of arrangement. 17 manufacturers reported payments, led by Arthrex at 42.8% of the total.
Across 93 payments — averaging $395.94 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Arthrex$16K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$8K
- Responsive Arthroscopy Inc$6K
- Paragon 28, Inc.$2K
- Gemini Medical LLC$1K
- Stryker$985
- plus $2K from 11 others
Across 3 payments — averaging $12,731 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Paragon 28, Inc.$38K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$12,72935%
- Speaking & faculty fees$3,82510%
- Grants$10,00027%
- Travel & lodging$4,10011%
- Food & beverage$4,53112%
- Education$1,6384%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Arthrex | 13 | $15,753 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 8 | $8,117 |
| Responsive Arthroscopy Inc | 8 | $6,109 |
| Paragon 28, Inc. | 14 | $2,495 |
| Gemini Medical LLC | 1 | $1,012 |
| Stryker(2 entities) | 16 | $985 |
| Medwest Associates | 2 | $668 |
| Foundation Medical, LLC | 10 | $362 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $322 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 4 | $305 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 5 | $254 |
| Smith+Nephew | 4 | $178 |
| Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. | 2 | $129 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $84 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $14 |
| Orthofix Medical, Inc. | 1 | $8 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Responsive Arthroscopy Devices$6,109
- APEX 3D$1,654
- Additive Orthopedics$583
- ROSA$322
- SALTO TALARIS TOTAL ANKLE PROSTHESIS$246
- CITREFIX$148
- ARTHREX$146
- AUGMENT INJECTABLE$140
- Persona$125
- MyMobility$125
- TITAN$124
- CADENCE ANKLE REPLACEMENT SYSTEM$119
- HALLU-LOCK$119
- PANTA NAIL$119
- TOTAL FOOT SYSTEM$119
- INVISION$116
- ANCHORAGE$106
- Portfolio$102
How this compares
$36,823 in reported general payments places this provider in the 85th percentile of 533 orthopaedic surgery providers in Minnesota.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Gabapentin | 14 | $129 |
| Meloxicam | 33 | $92 |
| Cephalexin | 14 | $65 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other orthopaedic surgery in Edina
- Christopher LarsonEdina$324K
- Leroy McCartyEdina$155K
- Ryan HoelEdina$126K
- Allan HuntEdina$100K
- Daniel BerryRochester$21.5M
- Mark PagnanoRochester$14.8M
- Robert TrousdaleRochester$12.2M
- John SperlingRochester$12.2M
- Shawn O'DriscollRochester$10.5M
- Bryan Den HartogStillwater$9M
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.